A Gloucester County Mosquito Control Commission worker has alleged workplace harassment by a supervisor claiming the employee’s work was scrutinized more highly than others and he was forced to work overtime hours despite his application to the Family Medical Leave Act.

John Sweet, a Gloucester County employee since 2006, filed a lawsuit last month against the county and Mosquito Control Supervisor Wayne Wurtz following notice in June that the worker would be suspended for three days.

Sweet’s lawsuit, which seeks damages and attorneys fees, brings counts of discrimination, hostile workplace and harassment against the Mosquito Control Department supervisor and the county.

Sweet’s attorney, Camden-based lawyer Saul Steinberg, would not comment on the lawsuit.

In 2006 Sweet, of Franklin Township, was hired by the county to work in the Buildings and Grounds Department. A year later, he applied for and was hired in the Mosquito Control Department, where his father had been a division supervisor until 2005.

Sweet, who suffers from “medically recognized” conditions including cluster headaches and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, made a successful application for the Family Medical Leave Act in 2012.

The lawsuit alleges that soon after Sweet’s employment with the Mosquito Control Commission, Wurtz required Sweet to perform work duties above the employee’s title without a promotion.

After being granted 60 days of leave to be taken intermittently — in accordance with the leave act — Sweet claims his supervisor attempted to force him to work overtime hours. Sweet filed a grievance with his union. The grievance was upheld.

Sweet also alleges Wurtz and other supervisors “scoured” all of the employee’s work entries searching for discrepancies. Of no less than 1,300 work entries, Wurtz discovered 13 instances in which Sweet transposed numbers on his time entries.

The lawsuit claims the “frequency of erroneous entries is not statistically significant,” but the supervisor charged Sweet with insubordination and claimed the conduct was deliberate.

Wurtz filed another grievance that was upheld by the union.

In June, county administrator Chad Bruner sent Sweet a letter informing the worker he had been suspended for three days, according to the lawsuit.

The suspension, which went to a grievance hearing, came after Wurtz and two other supervisors “berated plaintiff, pointing to trivial second entries.”

In the lawsuit, Sweet claims the pattern of discrimination and harassment has caused him to experience physical and emotional pain and distress and has caused him to undergo medial and psychological treatment.

When contacted Wednesday evening, officials indicated the county had not been served with the lawsuit.